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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Essentials

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2 days
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395 GBP excl. VAT
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Description of Adobe Illustrator CS4 Essentials

Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS4 ESSENTIALS: Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Adobe Illustrator CS4 EssentialsDesign quickly and confidently with new Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 software, and deliver easily across tools and media thanks to tight integration with the Adobe Creative Suite® family of products. New features such as multiple artboards, a Blob Brush tool for intuitive vector painting, and transparency in gradients with on-object controls invite you to explore more efficient and creative ways of working.

This 2 -day training course is designed  to give a good grounding of the basic functionality and features. Adobe Illustrator is the industry-leading vector graphics software that enables you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices. It is a very sophisticated graphics program capable of creating complex illustrations and type effects. This Essentials course will give you the basics to build on plus the most effective ways to integrate Illustrator into your workflow. This course aims to achieve the following objectives:

  • How to create sophisticated artwork and graphics for print, web, interactive, mobile and motion designs.
  • The basics of how to use Illustrator’s powerful drawing tools.
  • Logo creation and special type effects.
  • Experiment, create and apply colours, patterns and gradients.
  • Streamline your workflow and manage your assets using symbols libraries & Adobe Bridge.

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Application and qualification

This CS4 Essentials Adobe Illustrator training course is designed for beginners or first time users.

This course is most suited to those delegates with no or little experience of Illustrator, or people who may already use InDesign, and Photoshop, and graphic designers, or people transitioning into design related jobs who need to create illustrations, logos, maps, graphs, diagrams, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Course Content

This 2-day Adobe Illustrator CS4 Essentials training course covers the following areas:

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Overview
- Introducing Adobe Illustrator CS4
- Adobe Illustrator Creative Suite Integration
- Understanding Vector Graphics
- Learning the interface
- Create a Custom Workspace

Creating a new document
- New Document Settings
- Creating Multiple artboards
- Export & print multiple artboards
- Creating Simple Shapes
- Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
- Draw Basic Shapes with the Line Tools

Understanding and Applying Colour

- Colour fills and strokes
- Colour swatches and libraries
- Applying colour
- Creating and saving new colours

The Drawing Tools
- Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool
- Draw Paths with the Brush Tool
- Draw Paths with the Pen Tool

Manipulate Shapes, Objects and Paths
- Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes
- Merge and divide objects
- Duplicate and Resizing Objects

Using Layers
- The Layers Palette
- Managing your work with Layers
- Template Layers

Creating a Logo
- Creating a multi-use logo
- Saving and exporting for multi-use

Live Trace and Live Paint
- Live Trace an existing piece of artwork
- Tracing options
- Converting to a Live Paint object
- Colour a Live Paint object

Symbols Libraries
- Using Symbols Libraries
- Creating a New Symbol
- Sharing Libraries

Gradients and Patterns
- Creating and saving Gradients
- Applying Gradients
- Creating and saving Patterns
- Applying Patterns
- Gradient and Pattern Libraries

Creating Complex Objects
- Joining Shapes, Objects and Paths
- Applying colour, gradients and shading

Masking
- Creating simple Clipping Masks
- Manipulating Masks

Type
- Type tools
- Create Type on a Path
- Create Outlined Type
- Apply an Envelope Distort to Type
- Create Type Masks

Creating an Advertisement
- Page Layout, Guides and Measurements
- Import a Graphic
- Align Objects
- Apply Colours
- Import and Style Body Text
- Wrap Text
- Export a File

Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge
- Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment
- Apply Metadata and Keywords

Continuing studies

Two Training options are available:

1. Open Courses - where you come to us: Our authorised Illustrator courses are run from our training centres in Leamington Spa, Leeds and London.

2. On-site Training - where we come to you: A Symbiosis trainer will deliver our CS4 Adobe Illustrator course at a venue of your choice using either your computers or our own.

Expenses

The cost for this 2-day Adobe Illustrator Essentials CS4 training course is: £395 + VAT per delegate and includes lunch and refreshments.

SPECIAL OFFER: Book 3 or more of our ESSENTIALS or ADVANCED courses and get £50 OFF each course!

Description of Symbiosis

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Symbiosis: authorised Adobe and Apple training courses

Since 1996 Symbiosis have been delivering authorised Adobe and Apple training courses  in the Midlands, Leeds and London areas.  

At Symbiosis the training is based on a wealth of ‘real-world’ experience and our aim is to provide appropriate, professional training in the use of the leading creative software packages - whether for print, interactive media, the web, video or mobile applications. Whether you are an individual or a company, Symbiosis's authorised status guarantees the quality of their training facilities and ensures you have access to qualified trainers, new computers, legal software, approved training materials and the provision of snacks and drinks.adobe indesign training course,authorised apple training courses

Our aim - to provide great training at a competitive price from central locations, in the following areas:

            • Adobe Authorised Training Centre
            • Apple Authorized Training Center
            • Edexcel Approved
            • Filemaker Business Alliance Member
            • Quark Alliance Partner
            • Skillset Approved

Symbiosis - Look our Way... 

Whatever kind of training you are looking to achieve we can help you find your way, our accredited status can provide in-house team training to help you improve your working practice. We take pride in our authorised status and prior to accepting a booking, we take the time to check that a course is appropriate to your skill level and requirements.

Our commitment to quality means that we guarantee the following:

  • Authorised Courses are limited to a maximum of 8 delegates
  • All training is delivered by authorised instructors 
  • All training is delivered using the most recent version of the software available (unless stated)
  • Training is available on the Mac or PC platform
  • Prices include a copy of the authorised training manual (and supporting CD/DVD if included)

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